Squeeze container for liquid having reservoir neck



Aug. 28, 1956 w. SPIER ET AL SQUEEZE CONTAINER FOR LIQUID HAVINGRESERVOIR NECK Filed May 1, 1953 FIG. 2.

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s m w m m United States Patent SQUEEZE CONTAINER FOR LIQUID HAVINGRESERVOIR NECK Irene Winston Spier and I. Martin Spier, Wilton, Conn.,and Wade Morrison Wybrants, Bronxville, N. Y.

Application May 1, 1953, Serial No. 352,514

3 Claims. (Cl. 222-180) This invention relates to a dispensing containerfor dispensing a pre-determined amount of liquids of all kinds,including liquid shampoos, liquid hair preparations,

It is particu' 1 liquid cosmetics and toilet preparations. larly adaptedfor bathroom use for dispensing saponaceous liquids for the hair, whiletaking a shower or bath.

Its principal object is to provide a compressible liquid container whichhas an improved detachable or integral spraying spout or discharge tube,embodying the following advantages:

(a) The container can be conveniently suspended from the shank of thehandle of a bathroom fixture or from a shower curtain bar after useduring a shower or bath;

([1) A pie-determined amount of liquid, suflicient for a singleapplication, can be economically dispensed therefrom;

(c) It is provided with a reservoir adjacent the discharge end of thespout, the said reservoir being adapted to retain a sutficient amount ofliquid for a single application, and also serving as the retaining meanswhereby the device can be suspended from a smooth circumferentialsurface;

(d) Self-closing valve means prevent the liquid contents thereof fromflowing out of the container of its own accord no matter in whatposition the container is set, and also to prevent waste of liquid whenthe container is compressed; and

(e) The entire unit is graceful and pleasing in appearance in additionto the foregoing utilitarian features.

Other objects and advantages of the invention are stated in the annexeddescription and drawing, which illustrates preferred embodimentsthereof.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a front elevational view of the device;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the spout or nozzle member and theupper portion of the body of the container;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the improved spoutattached to a receptacle of different shape than that depicted in Fig.1.

Referring to Fig. 1, B designates the compressible body portion of thedevice, which is formed in the nature of a container or receptacle ofthe configuration shown in the said figure. The said body B ispreferably made of polyethylene. The said body B can also be made from asuitable resin or plastic, such as cellulose acetate, polysterene,cellulose nitrate of the type of Celluloid, Pyralin, vinyl plastics ofthe type used in making tubing and the like. A receptacle or containermade of such material is resilient and easily bendable by finger pressure. Said body B can either be in the shape shown in Fig. l or it maybe in the form of a conventional bottle BB shown in Fig. 4.

As shown in Fig. 2, the upper end of body portion B terminates in a neck10, having an inwardly extending annular shoulder 11. The outer wall ofneck has the 2,760,687 Patented Aug. 28, 1956 conventional thread 12, bymeans of which the improved discharge nozzle or spout N can be removablysecured to the neck of body portion B.

Orgionally, spout N can be integral with body portion The constructionof nozzle or spout N is clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The saidspout is of general gooseneck configuration, and like body portion B cansimilarly be made of a suitable plastic. The base of spout N is providedwith the internal thread 13 for engagement with the thread 12 of neck 10for detachably securing the same to body portion B of Fig. 1 or the bodyportion BB of Fig. 4.

A spherical reservoir 14 is formed at the depending discharge end ofspout N, the said reservoir being spaced from body B or BB. Reservoir 14has a two-fold function. First, it serves as a chamber for holding aprerequisite amount of liquid sufficient for a single application apartfrom the liquid contained within the body of the container. Secondly, itserves as a hook or retaining member, whereby the device as an entireunit can be conveniently suspended from the shank of the handle 1 pf abathroom fixture or from a shower curtain bar after use during a showeror bath.

Reservoir 14 is provided with the integral self-sealing valve V, throughwhich the liquid contents thereof are ilischarged. The said valveconsists of a pair of protruding parallel flexible lips or flaps 15 and16 which normally abut each other in face-to-face position, and whichare separated from each other when pressure is applied to the body B orBB. The said lips 15 and 16 are positioned adjacent the relatively smallopening or bore 17 formed in' the forward end of reservoir 14, the saidlips completely covering the said opening, as clearly shown in Figs. 2and 3.

To use the device, it is inverted so that liquid flows from body B or BBinto reservoir 14, reservoir 14 being sized to hold a selected amount ofliquid. When the device is returned to its erect position, the liquid inreservoir 14 remains there. By applying moderate pressure on bodyportion B or BB, lips 15 and 16 of valve V is caused to separate and theliquid contents within reservoir 14 are discharged therefrom throughopening 17 and said valve lips. Upon releasing the pressure applied,body B or BB will quickly return to its normal shape and valve lips 15and 16 will abut each other in face-toface relation.

There have been described preferred embodiments of the invention, butnumerous changes and omissions and additions can be made withoutdeparting from its scope. It is not desired to restrict the inventionherein to any material or method of manufacture or shape. The shape ofbody B in Fig. 1 is purely for ornamental effect, to be symmetrical withthe hook-shape configuration of spout N. The gooseneck shape of saidspout is utilized, first, in order to direct the liquid dischargedtherethrough downwardly, and secondly to provide hook means forsuspending the device. The said spout may optionally be made and sold asa separate article of manufacture so that it can be applied to anycontainer body made of compressible material which is threaded toreceive the same. The size of reservoir 14 is of course variable,depending upon the amount of liquid desired to be discharged in a singleapplication.

What is claimed is:

1. A dispensing container for liquids comprising a compressible hollowbody portion formed in the nature of a receptacle, an arcuate spouthaving an intake end communicating with the interior of said bodyportion at the top thereof and terminating at said top and terminatingat its free end in a hollow reservoir portion of enlarged diameter, thespout being inthe form of an invented U when the container is in anupright position with the reservoir portion located below the apex ofthe U, said reservoir portion having a discharge opening therein, theunder-surface of the spout being spaced an appreciable distance from thecontainer body portion and forming an open hook whereby the containermay be hung from a support.

2. A dispensing container according to claim 1 in which the hollow bodyportion has a threaded neck at its upper end, the spout having aninternally threaded end opposite the reservoir member for removableattachment to said neck.

3. A dispensing container according to claim 1 in which said bodyportion and spout are formed from flexible plastic material, saidreservoir member having a pair .4 of integral flexible lips projectingoutwardly therefrom on either side of said discharge opening andnormally disposed in flush abutment to form self-sealing valve means forsaid reservoir member.

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